Hi Melody, Thanks for the letter :-) Ray is supposed to be off this Wednesday (if everything goes smoothly until then :-)) and we'll run over to Camden to see what we can find. I'm working on a 'list' right now...try to find this house, go to the cemetery to see Richard R Kirkland's grave, go to the Museum and also try to find any other points of interest :-) Will let you know details if the trip is successful...have a handfull of film ready to snap pictures :-) Thanks, Nancy E Parr -----Original Message----- From: mmccook@bellsouth.net <mmccook@bellsouth.net> To: GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com <GACOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Re:Kirkland House in SC >Hi Nancy, >I'm sending the message to the list since there are others that live in or >near the Columbia area. I have hunted this paper all last night and most of >today and in the process I did a lot of organizing but still have a way to >go. > >I believe this paper to be a part of the Kirkland source records but since I >have it loose, I can't be sure. The only other place I would have gotten it >would have been from the Satilla Regional Library. I do know that it came >from the files of Betty Kirkland Schledensky. Unfortunately, I wasn't >careful to document everything when I first became interested in genealogy. >Anyway...this letter was written in 1972 from a lady named Annie W. Brock >and is to a lady named Wilma____?. Here's what it says: > > > >"There is a place in Camden that was purchased by a northern family and was >what used to be known as the four mile house. In its time it was used as a >mark for the stage coaches (four miles to Camden). Later it was called the >"Kirkland House". My mother visited there and it did belong to some of the >Kirklands but I do not know who. When I was there last it was in beautiful >shape, lovely crystal chandeliers, circular staircase, large columns that >you could not reach around and windows to the floor. The occupants used it >in winter and as we were there in summer the caretaker took us all over the >place. Out back were the stables. Unless fire has destroyed it it should be >there still. > >Many times I have been to the Quaker cemetery. a number of our relatives are >buried there. Richards' grave is nicely marked with a large blue granite >stone with reference to his deed. Somewhere I have a picture of it. >Sincerely, >Annie W. Brock > > >Hopefully with the Historical Society's help, you will be able to find this >house and some of the history on it. The Richard, she mentions above is >Richard Rowland Kirkland, the Angel of Mercy, correct? > >Let me know when you find the house. I still haven't tied our Kirklands into >the family of Richard Rowland Kirkland but we will. > >Take care, >Melody > > >From: "Nancy Parr" <nancparr@bellsouth.net> >To: <mmccook@bellsouth.net> >Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 12:57 PM >Subject: Re: [GACOFFEE] Re: Columbia, SC > > >> In looking back and reading some of the emails from the list, I >> found this one and wanted to ask if you ever found the article on the >> Kirkland house you wrote of in your message. > > >==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== >We welcome any data, pictures, gedcoms,or family files that you wish to contribute to the Coffee or Atkinson County GaGenWeb sites. > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >